Wednesday, December 20, 2017

One of the most popular genres of today is erotic fiction and books
written in a series occupy most of the market share. This is because readers
like myself, have invested time, energy and yes very real tears when we read
how our heroes and heroines manage to finally achieve their happily ever
afters.

The problem for authors is introducing these characters back into the
story line of the current hero and heroine without detracting from the new
story and without giving the old characters too onerous a problem they cannot
solve without a major plotline of their own. After all, the new story is just
that. A new love interest and a whole other set of problems for the characters
to face.

How do I manage to weave established characters in my Doms of the cage
Series? Sometimes with great difficulty. For example I have a running on/off
Dom/sub couple who will eventually have their happily ever after, but I have
invested so much plot line to them my readers are demanding the book appear
sooner than I originally intended. The problem is that if I publish their story
early the whole arc of the series will be ruined.

Hopefully, my latest novel The Heart of the Matter will be more of a
success as the main characters from Take My Hand once again make a supporting
role appearance along with the other quirky members of the Cage. There are some
authors who come back to write further novels involving characters who have
achieved their happily ever after, but they walk a fine line between ruining
the original plot line of the story and enhancing the character development.
When done correctly, the addition of previous heroes and heroines in a series
can really take a series from good to great!

About the Author

P Nelson has
just started her journey in Erotic Romance this year with her debut novel Take
My hand. The Rehabilitation of Master Dillon is a prequel novel to Take My Hand
focusing on the character of Master Dillon. Nelson calls Vancouver her hometown and is married with one
young daughter. At 6.00pm most days she can be found with a
G&T in one hand and either her daughter or a good book in the other.

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Eric Danvers
thought he had found the perfect submissive before she was swept right out of
his arms.

Now pining after the one
woman he can’t have, Master Eric finds himself stuck in a gruelling cycle of
emotional torture that has nothing to do with his BDSM lifestyle. Just as he
was about to take a hiatus from The Cage and the lifestyle altogether, Master
Eric is asked to take on the role of training Dom for one of the new subs.
Rather than agreeing, he’s coerced into the role and finds there’s more to his new
training sub than meets the eye.

Elizabeth Williams is a sub
on a mission.

Elizabeth Williams has read
every single book on BDSM she can get her hands on, and she feels as if this is
the lifestyle for her. After saving up for an entire year and working an extra
job, she finally had enough money to enter the couples training program at the
most exclusive BDSM club in Vancouver. Unfortunately, as soon as Elizabeth
and her boyfriend are accepted, he decides that he wants a different sub. Elizabeth decides not to let go of her dream and
enters the submissive training program.

Master Eric soon finds that
Elizabeth Williams may be more sub than he can handle. He loves her brattiness,
but he knows it hides a pool of inner hurt that cried out to his Dom instincts
to heal. Elizabeth falls for Mater Eric as soon as she meets him and really
believes she cannot help her brattiness. She wants to give him her true
submission, but she might not be able to set aside her past hurts to move on.
Read the story of Master Eric and Elizabeth in The Heart of the Matter.

Monday, December 18, 2017

Pamela Samuels Young has always abided by the
philosophy that you create the change you want to see. She set giant-sized
goals and used her talent, tenacity and positive outlook to accomplish them.
Pamela consequently achieved success in both the corporate arena and literary
world simultaneously.

An author, attorney and motivational speaker, Pamela
spent fifteen years as Managing Counsel for Toyota,
specializing in labor and employment law. While still practicing law, Pamela
began moonlighting as a mystery writer because of the absence of women and
people of color depicted in the legal thrillers she read. She is now an
award-winning author of multiple legal thrillers, including Anybody’s
Daughter, which won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Fiction, and
her new release, Abuse
of Discretion, a shocking look at the juvenile justice system in
the context of a troubling teen sexting case.

Prior to her legal career, spent several years as a
television news writer and associate producer. She received a bachelor’s degree
in journalism from USC and earned a master’s degree in broadcasting from Northwestern
University and a law degree from UC
Berkeley School of Law. She is a frequent speaker on the topics of teen
sexting, child sex trafficking, self-empowerment and fiction writing.

The award-winning author of "Anybody’s Daughter" is back with an
addictive courtroom drama that gives readers a shocking look inside the
juvenile criminal justice system.

Graylin Alexander is a model fourteen-year-old. When his adolescent curiosity
gets the best of him, Graylin finds himself embroiled in a sexting scandal that
threatens to ruin his life. Jenny Ungerman, the attorney hired to defend
Graylin, is smart, confident and committed. She isn’t thrilled, however, when
ex-prosecutor Angela Evans joins Graylin’s defense team. The two women
instantly butt heads. Can they put aside their differences long enough to
ensure Graylin gets justice?

Unbeknownst to Angela, her boyfriend Dre is wrestling with his own drama.
Someone from his past wants him dead. For Dre, his response is simple—kill or
be killed.

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

While growing up in South Carolina, Sean didn't realize it, but he was absorbing the
styles, mannerisms, idiosyncrasies, dialects and the culture of his home.
Add to this the time he spent traveling the other Carolina for school and then North America
for work, he collected a vast array of experiences and observations from which
to draw upon and bring together in his writing.

After studying law in North Carolina, Sean settled in Charleston,
South Carolina and instantly became enamored with the people as well as
the city.

One day he started writing and
the words, generally, kept flowing. A page became a chapter which ultimately
became a book known as The Trust.
After this the process started again and The
Solicitor was the end result. Hopefully, if you are reading this you
either have, or soon will have, your very own copy of one or both.

The experience of taking two
novels from conceptualization to print has been one of frustration peppered
with increasing amounts of reward.Each
step from the first words hitting the page to ultimately holding a book in hand
has been a personal reward.

When Sean is not writing he
practices Family Law and works as a Domestic Mediator and lives with his Wife
and an ever-expanding pack of rescue canines – the current count is 4. As
well, Sean can frequently be found wandering the lowcountry of South Carolina with his camera, playing guitar in assorted venues around
Charleston or exploring the underwater world of the southeast.

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I
can write at any time, but I need a large block of time to be productive.

2. Do you outline or are you a pantster?

I
wrote my first book as a panster and I’ll never go back to that. It works for a
lot of people, but for me I need a bit more structure.I do a hybrid of outlining that provides a
framework and helps me see the big picture.

3. Which comes first – plot or character?

I
have some reoccurring characters who are priority, but I formulate the plot and
then the characters make their entry.

4. Noise or quiet when working on your manuscript?

I
need music and/or background noise. I enjoy writing in public - places like a
noisy hotel lobby or a café/coffee shop are always really effective for
me.If I tried to write in a library or
in a quiet room all I would accomplish would be a nap.

5. Favorite TV show?

I
am more of a favorite television show de jur. At the moment, I am really
enjoying The Deuce on HBO, but then again The Walking Dead just fired back up.

6. Favorite type of music?

I
am a huge fan of guitar driven music.Whether it be singer/songwriter, jazz, classic or any variety of rock
and roll, if it has a guitar centered sound, I’ll give it a listen.

7. Favorite craft besides writing?

Composing,
recording and performing music.

8. Do you play a musical instrument?

I
do.I’m a guitar player.

9. Single or married?

I’m
married.

10. Children or no?
No children.

11. Pets?
Four dogs generally of the Australian shepherd variety.

12. Favorite place to write?
Somewhere in public with a good deal of background noise.

13. Favorite restaurant?
I’m from the South Carolina
coast and we are stocked with great restaurants. As hard as I try it’s near
impossible to narrow it to one. But I like creative modern menus with a nod to
the classics that embrace fresh ingredients and that have a nice wine list.

14. Do you work outside the home?
I do. I’m an attorney.

15. What was the name of the last
movie you saw?
Die Hard.

16. Favorite outdoor activity?
I like being outdoors and generally center activities around time with the
dogs.

17. Pet peeve?
People who aren’t willing to move beyond their comfort zone.

18. Your goal in life?
To always have a reason to smile.

19. Your most exciting moment?
It’s hard to narrow it down to a single event without watering down others.
For me, it’s always more of a “What will the next exciting moment bring?” This
helps motivate me for the day to come.

When you make your living fighting for justice, the last
place you expect to wake up is behind bars.

Attorney Noah Parks has spent his life keeping people out of
jail.When he’s charged with the murder
of a candidate for Charleston County Solicitor he finds himself on the wrong
side of the law for a crime he says he didn’t commit.

No longer fighting for others and now relying on the help of
the few people he does trust, Noah must fight to clear his name and find the
real killer before it’s too late.

His search will lead him through a maze of deceptions, lies,
family turmoil and treachery that spans generations.

The Solicitor is
set in historic Charleston and the surrounding South Carolina Lowcountry where
under the surface things are not always as genteel as they appear.

Monday, December 11, 2017

Throughout high school and college, I always loved
movies.I thought it was amazing that
actors got to live bits and pieces of a thousand different lives, not having to
settle on just one.When I grew up, I
wanted to be an actress.This was
solidified by small appearances in school performances, and acting classes
offered around my hometown of Minneapolis, MN.

I got my cosmetology license, so that I could have a side
job, other than serving or bartending, while pursuing auditions. While
surviving my first taste of real life, I built an amateur acting resume, and knew
it was time to head to the West Coast.

After moving back to Minnesota,
I started doing hair again.And, as all
clients do, mine would ask me questions about how long I’ve been doing hair,
and what salons I worked at.When I
explained that I took a break from hair when I lived in LA, they would ask me
if I had any fun Hollywood stories to tell them.After sharing all the colorful stories I could
remember, my regulars started to tell me that I should write a book.I laughed at them, asking if I should also
name it How Not to Succeed in Hollywood.After a year or two of hearing the same
suggestion, I figured I had nothing to lose, and started writing.

How Not to Succeed in Hollywood
is a comedic accumulation of my experiences trying to become a professional
actress.The main character, Lisa, is
learning some good, some bad, and some extremely ugly life experiences.But, her best friend Mike is right there for
her, helping her find the humor in life, keeping her from going crazy and
giving up.

If readers find inspiration in my story, that’s a great
thing.But, deeper meaning or not, if
all they get is a good laugh, then I am succeeding.

About the Author

Marissa Thomas left her home in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, to pursue her dream of acting in Hollywood. Without
industry contacts, she had to educate herself about the business. In How Not
to Succeed in Hollywood, Marissa shares her experiences, both good and bad.

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Title:
HOW NOT TO SUCCEED IN HOLLYWOODAuthor: Marissa ThompsonPublisher: HarlequinPages: 436Genre: Humor/Fiction

BOOK
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In HOW NOT TO SUCCEED IN HOLLYWOOD, Marissa
Thomas offers readers an inside view of one young woman’s journey to fulfill
her dream of becoming an actor. The personal and humorous story of Lisa reveals
the often difficult and inspiring process of navigating the entertainment
industry.

The acting bug bit Lisa during her first
elementary school talent show. After receiving positive reviews for her
performance from her fellow students and impressed parents alike, Lisa basked
in the high she felt from being on stage. She ventured further into the acting
world as a teenager when she enrolled in a twelve-week acting program. Although
plagued with some doubt about her potential to become an actor, the experience
reignited the spark that had originally lead her down the road of performance.

HOW NOT TO SUCCEED IN HOLLYWOOD follows the staggered path that Lisa took
on her journey to achieve her acting dream. Her love for acting expanded when
Lisa entered college and began auditioning for plays produced by the theater
department. Reassured by the exhilaration she felt while acting, Lisa made the
decision to leave her home and move to Hollywood to pursue her passion, but
first she had to tie up a few loose ends. After a whirlwind romance with a
fellow student, Lisa found herself moving into her own apartment while juggling
school and work, as well as taking the steps to fill out her acting resume. A
car accident that resulted in serious physical injuries led to a slowdown in
her momentum. However, Lisa’s best friend, Mike, who already had a solid plan
to move to Hollywood, gave her the encouragement she needed to overcome
multiple obstacles so that she could move forward with her goal.

Marissa wrote HOW NOT TO SUCCEED IN HOLLYWOOD
to give “anyone curious about Hollywood culture another point of view from
someone coming from a completely different world, aka the Midwest, taking the
plunge, and immersing herself in a new life.” Marissa says the book is “the
story of my life. I can’t tell anyone any surefire methods of getting cast for
your dream project. I’m just sharing my life experience. Anyone with a
relentless dream has to find sanity in the limbo between a self-motivated
fantasy career and the harshness of having to survive real life in the process.
We’re all human, and sometimes all you can do is laugh. Set a goal, and break a
leg.”

Weight it’s only one of the issues
we might have, depression is another one. Then there is the lack of motivation,
faith, trust. And the list could continue indefinitely. I am sure you agree.

We all have a dream, but life is tough and incredibly hectic. We seldom find
time to do everything we would like to, so we sit in front of the TV, or
computer, and get lost in random shows every night.

“What is the point? I will never
be successful. There is too much competition,
and the market is saturated.”

Days, months, years go by, and we suddenly realise that life itself is
passing us by.

Time is not a boomerang. Once it's
gone, you’ll never see it again. But we know that, right?

Nobody lives forever…
unfortunately or fortunately.

If you have a dream, you need to
act now.

The competition is indeed
ferocious, but the market will never be saturated if you have an original
product. That could be a book, a coat, a kitchen appliance, a method, or a toy;
anything really.

You know who Steve Jobs is, right?
Who doesn’t?

Can you imagine a world without
Apple?

I can’t, and believe it or not, I
own no Apple device. I am a fan of genius, but my pockets are not that full…
yet.

Steve had many issues with
building this empire, but he never gave up. His dream was bigger than any other. So was his discipline.

With so many people wanting the
same thing, you need to be tireless and outwork those around you.

Start with forging your character.
Make a paradigm shift.

·Depression can be overcome.

·Happiness can be learned.

·Self-esteem and self-confidence
can be built.

·You can lose weight and find love.
But mostly, you can heal and transform your life.

·You can make a name for yourself.

You just have to believe you can,
and you are halfway there.

Read my book, take notes, apply them in your day-by-day life
and you’ll see the results.

If you don’t see them is because you didn’t work hard
enough. You were not disciplined and gave up too early.

I learned the hard way that if you have a dream, a goal, and
a purpose, it’s never game over.

About the Author

Cristina G. was born in Romania during
one of the harshest communist regimes that ever existed.

The tenth child of a farmer’s family, she has six sisters and used to
have four brothers, now only two.

Aged eight, she read Les Misérables by
Victor Hugo and fell irremediably in love with books. Since then she kept
dreaming of writing for many years, and she wrote a lot, but never thought of
publishing.

In 2012, after living in Italy for ten
years, Cristina became a blogger.

In June of 2014, with the help of a British friend, she moved to the UK. Here,
although her expectations were not great, Cristina fulfilled the dream she
never dared to dream before.

Cristina G. is now a registered author and dedicates her life to
writing focusing on human behaviour, emotions and feelings.

Bever-leigh Banfield, M.F.A. is a writer, actress,
voice over artist, host and speaker. She has penned numerous celebrity
interviews, one of which, published in Essence magazine, won the
American Diabetes Association National Media Award for journalism. As an
actress, Bever-leigh has performed in television shows, movies,
Broadway and off-Broadway theater and national commercials.
Her voice has been heard in TV and radio ads, as an ABC network
announcer, in animated films and cartoons, and as narrator of planetarium space
shows at landmark Griffith Observatory in Hollywood. Ms. Banfield holds an M.F.A. from the Yale
University School of Drama and a B.A. from StanfordUniversity. She has lived in Europe
and the Caribbean, and traveled in Africa, South America,
and across the United
States.
She has been gifted with psychic perception since childhood, and as an
intuitive, has experienced a vision of world peace. Creating is her joy.
Her debut non-fiction book You
Can Change The Worldis
about helping you be who you are meant to be, and do what you are meant to
do - live your dreams, and change the world for the better!

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I’m a morning
writer. Definitely. I love the feeling of getting up early – even while it’s
still dark – and streaming my thoughts through my computer into other people’s
hearts and minds before they know I’m coming – LOL! When I write fiction – I
have a debut suspense-thriller coming out in early 2018 – there’s the joy and
excitement of having the characters talk to you when the day is fresh and new.
There’s the wonder of what’s going to happen next. And then, as I wrote You Can
Change The World, there was the promise of doing just that, changing the world.
Having other people’s lives uplifted by my first, unfettered thoughts of the
day. The morning vibe is almost meditative. That’s when it’s most peaceful,
when I have the feel of nature all around me, when I really can hear the
whisper of the universe with all its quiet wisdom. Before
anything stirs.

2.Do you outline or are you a
pantster?

Total pantster. It’s almost Shakespearean. To be or not to
be. I think it’s kind of like the whole PC v. Mac standoff. Now, there’s a
ridiculous battle for you. I’m a PC girl, but if a Mac does it for you, I think
that’s super. Everyone’s different. It’s not better or worse, it’s what works for
you. You definitely have your my-way-or-the-highway folks where outlining is
concerned, but I’m not one of them. In fact, I conducted an interview once with
a fairly well-known mystery author, and he got very offended when I asked him
the same question you asked me. He told me he wrote 120-page outlines, and I
guess something in my face (I’m a professional actress, after all) made him ask
if I outlined. When I said no, he blew a gasket and launched a diatribe. Just
when I was enjoying how differently his creative process came to him. As he
ranted, though, all I could do was sit there and listen, thinking how he
could’ve been halfway to a book by then. Or a third, at least. LOL! There’s joy
in our differences if we let it be. Some people like everything blocked out,
and that’s a good way for them to go because it can produce great art. But for
me, by the time there’s a big outline, all the suspense drains out. It’s like a
balloon deflating just when the party’s getting started. I want to be open to
new thoughts and revelations as I go. I have a general idea of what I want to
say, but I love the discovery. If you leave yourself open to the magic along
the way, that’s the joy, at least for me. I like to read the story as I write
it, the way the reader does, whether that’s a truth about life and how best to
live it or if the heroine is going to survive. All of life is a story, and I
love to see it unfold. I tried to write You Can Change The World based on a
PowerPoint I had for speaking, but after it started off slowly a few chapters
in, I had to go with instinct, the way I always do.

3.Which comes first – plot
or character?

For me, character.
My stories can sometimes seem plot-driven, but the characters make choices, and
that’s what drives the plot. Just like in real life. We have
thoughts that give us feelings and beliefs, and we act on our beliefs. That’s
what makes stuff happen. That’s what brings other people and events into our
lives, what draws circumstances and situations to us. We see what we believe,
not the other way around.

4.Noise or quiet when
working on your manuscript?

Quiet. Shutting down
the chatter lets insight speak. Sometimes a little music might work, but
silence is golden.

5.Favorite TV show?

I love “Queen Sugar”, created by the fabulous Ava Duvernay.
It’s on OWN, Oprah’s network. It’s based on author Natalie Bazile’s amazing
novel of the same name. Outstanding performances, sumptuous cinematography,
sensitive direction, insightful writing. And it will frequently have an
all-woman crew, which is pretty much unheard of. It’s a family drama. Really
groundbreaking.

6.Favorite type of music?

That’s a toughie. I
LOOOVE music. I can tell you that the Sirius XM in my car is most frequently
tuned to the Heart & Soul station that plays mostly R&B and pop love
songs. At home, I’m more of a Zen meditative music person. Very chilled.

7.Favorite craft besides
writing?

How much time have
you got? LOL! I paint, design jewelry, create accessory items like pillows and
purses, dabble in graphic art. Creating something that was only in my head at
one point into something people can enjoy is my PASSION!

8.Do you play a musical
instrument?

Yes. Flute. And a
little guitar. I’m going to start taking piano lessons when I get two seconds
to rub together.

9.Single or married?

I was married for most of my life to my soulmate. He passed
away in 2013.

10.Children or no?

No kids,
but I get tons of joy from my 9 nieces and nephews.

11.Pets?

No pets.

12.Favorite place to write?

My home office.

13.Favorite restaurant?

No fave
restaurant in particular, but my top restaurant foods are Chinese, Indian and
Italian. I’m a veggie.

14.Do you work outside the home?

I am a
professional actress and voice over artist, so I work – and always have worked
– outside the home, but never in a 9 to 5-type job. I also have a unique and
interesting part-time gig as live narrator of planetarium space shows at
Griffith Observatory in Hollywood.

15.What was the name of the last movie you saw?

I just
watched “London Has Fallen” a couple of nights ago on Netflix, with the jaw-dropping
actor Morgan Freeman whom I respect and adore.

16.Favorite outdoor activity?

Long, long
walks at the beach or hiking in the hills. Sounds like an online dating
profile, but that’s my sweet spot.

17.Pet peeve?

I try not
to have any, but I must say, the cruelty, callousness, combativeness and
unchecked greed in our societal discourse and behavior these days is not an up.

18.Your goal in life?

To do God’s will and, you guessed it . . . to
change the world for the better.

19.Your most exciting moment?

Oh, I’ve had so many. Have so many. Countless.
Every new moment. I live in the now. And I believe the most exciting moment is
yet to come . . .

20.The love of your life?

My deceased
husband, and my Mom and Dad, whom I love with all my hearty

and cherish beyond
measure.

About the Book:

Title:
YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD: BE A CHANGE WIZARD AND GET IT LIKE YOU LIKE ITAuthor: Bever-leigh BanfieldPublisher: Twinkle EntertainmentPages: 366Genre: Nonfiction

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You have
an ultimate magic within you, capable of transforming yourself, your life
and everything that exists. You needn’t fear change, leave it to others, or get
stuck with whatever happens next. You can pull heaven right out of your hat
with the alchemy of your heart and mind. You just have to know how to use
your abracadabra presto change-o. You can make things disappear or pop up
because you are the change you crave. Your dream is a reality
somewhere, ready for you to experience it by making change your BFF.
Tap into who you're meant to be, and the special thing you're meant to do
– with this book about your mission in life, and how you can have it
materialize to be happier, healthier, wealthier, wiser, and make the world a
better place.